The economy of early hominids and that of twenty-first century society have enormous differences, but they do share one important feature: in both of these economies, humans accumulate information in objects. Our world is different from that of early hominids only in the way in which atoms are arranged.

~ César A. Hidalgo

César A. Hidalgo Anthropocene Big History Entropy Evolution Information Society

Humans have wandered the Earth for thousands of years but never has our capacity to alter the Earth’s ecosystem at a larger scale been more prominent than it is today.

~ Kat Lahr

Kat Lahr Anthropocene Change Earth Ecosystem Environment Humans

Above the keyhole the door has a latch. It is pretending to be an authentic old latch. The door is pretending to be an authentic old door. Maybe everything there is isn't authentic any more. Maybe everything there is is a kind of pretending.

~ Ali Smith

Ali Smith Anthropocene Artifice Authenticity Pretending Pretense Realness